Bankers Trust Building, Ruan Center Souvenir Building (A.C. Rehberger)

Description

For sale is a souvenir building replica model of the Bankers Trust Building,
Ruan
Center
in Des Moines, Iowa.
Compare # 1166 in Monumental Miniatures  which dates it to the 1970s.
It measures 2 1/4" x 3 3/4" x 6 1/2" and is in VG used condition.
The trap is intact but lacks a key.
It has a copper finish that has darkened with age to take on a warm patina.
The base reads in front: Bankers Trust, the rear
Ruan
Center
.
The trap reads: ACR Limited Chicago, ILL.
Located at 666 Grand Avenue, in Des Moines, the Bankers Trust Building, aka
Ruan
Center
is the 2nd tallest building in the city and in the state at 481 feet tall.
It
was named one of the 50 Most Significant Iowa Buildings of the 20th Century by the Iowa chapter of the
American Institute of Architects.
Shipping includes insurance and signature tracking (to minimize the
possibility
of loss to 'porch pirates').